Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-11
KNIGHTS fEMPiAR.
Spe ciai Service of the CGur de
Lion Com IN a Il derry.

LION COm mia 0OeFys
The Ceur de Lion Commandery,
Knight Templar, held services for pub.
lie worship yesterday afternoon at the
Asylum on the corner of First and
Spring streets. In honor of the occa
sion the hall was very tastefully decor
ated with lilies. In front of the altar
was bank of lilies, and at each side
were stands of the same flowers. At
the right u small stand was entwine d
with vines, into which were placed lilies,
and on the left was table with bank
of roses on it's top. The desk in front
OF the off ,er's chair, at the rear of the
hall, WAS also banked with flowers Of
various hues, and the two gilded pillars
were decorated with clineing ivy, seem
ing 10 ii,e from be / OF lilies. The
chandeliers were also handsomely trim
med with lilies and vines, aud pendant
thereto wsre hanging ba,kets. At 3
O'Clock the Knights entered from toe
an e room and marched in double file
through the audience to seats in front of
the altar and Reverend w. A. kuighten
off .ated as prelate during the special
services which followed. During these
services the quartette, composed Of
Mrs. Hooker, soprano; Mr.. Oscar HUI
ber, tenor; Miss Florence Perry, con-
tralto. anu A. M Hawthorne, basso,
sang 1e deum by Bunny, Resurrection
by Holden. solo by Mrs. Hooker, Easter
Anthem by Warren and Gloria Patria by
Danks.
Rev. w. A. Knighten took for his text
Matthew XVIII, 6. "Come see the
place where the Lord lay" He said
that it was proper thing to consider at
that time the relation of the holy
sepulchre to Knight Templarship. The
words of the text had been spoken by
an augel. 1t had always been the Gus.
tom to remember that certain men lived
and to respect that memory. Take for
instance the case of George Washington.
Many of the noblest of earth desire
every year to stand by his grave. Four
hundred years after the death OF Luther
his grave was decorated by the G erman
Emperor. So it is to-day with the
those who keep him in memory. 1t
is fact that the people
of all ages perpetuated the
memory Of the dead by this means as
we'll as by trying to follow tine examples
set by 9hem and living the lives they di.
rected. The order of the knights Tenn
plar originated about the time of Con-
stantine the Great. When he became
converted there appeared these words:
"By This Sign Conquer" That is to-
day the motto of the order. At that
time there was an order called The Or
der of the Golden Angel, but the
Knights proper commenced at later
period. 1t was then military organ.
ization. There were no laws then. The
Moslem was abusing the Christian peo'
pie and when they went on their pill.
grimages to the sepulcher to perpetuate
the memory of Christ they were NAL.
treated and robbed. News of this was
brought to Europe, and it aroused the
people and they were called upon to go
to the rescue of the sepulcher and to
protect the pilgrims in their journeys.
When that call came the bravest of the
brave sacrificed everything and went.
They were to be benevolent and defend
the right against wrong under all cir
cumstances, and it was for this reason
that the knighthood was formed. No
woman ever had more brave defender
than the chivalrous knight, and o man
could be knight unless he was Chris
tian. The order thus formed has con
tinued until the present time, and has
for it's principles the defending of right
against wrong and the protection of the
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